An Artistic Interlude
Friday, August 29th, 2008I’ll get back to my normal coverage of online video again on Monday but I thought you might enjoy this diversion.
My home base community of Palo Alto, California recently held an Arts Festival that was a huge success. I brought my video camera out with me and recorded a few quick scenes just to give you the flavor of what it was like.
This first video is of our local Kiwanis club who had a small booth next to the music stage where they were offering a selection of wines, champagne, waters and mimosas - clearly they were having a very good time. Notice how my friend Tommy Fehrenbach (wearing the black baseball cap) is trying to hide his face from the camera! 
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Next, I had the pleasure of meeting ceramics master Hong Rubenstein who came all the way from Palm Springs to participate in the Arts Festival. Originally from Jilin China, she says coming to America opened up many new artistic horizons for her.
“When I moved to America I felt a great freedom to explore new ideas and forms in my work.”
Hong’s pottery is unique, very beautiful and especially sturdy due to the fact that each piece is fired at over 2,300 degrees. You can learn more about her art at onedreamdesign.com
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